Poor Breadth Alone is Signalling a Stock Market Top

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by SpontaneousDisorder Source: https://twitter.com/sentimentrader/status/1047470933445922816 Small caps are diverging with big caps: https://twitter.com/SoberLook/status/1047327180651470849 John Hussman has posted some charts of the markets poor breadth. (It looks like his latest article has some info on this, not read it just yet.) https://twitter.com/hussmanjp Corporate profit guidance continues to deteriorate pic.twitter.com/diAJr1C9cG — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) October 4, 2018 … Read more

Park: Insiders Selling Into Tax-Break-Driven Buybacks Is a Basic Pump and Dump

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via jugglingdynamite: As government revenues fall, deficits compound and debt levels leap, corporate executives have been directing the corporate cash freed up from recent tax breaks to pump up their company share prices with buybacks, while dumping their own personal holdings into the strength created.  ‘So long suckers’, indeed.  Buyers and holders beware, your longer-term financial interests … Read more

Right after Powell drops the word “accommodative,” the bond market blows up

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Right after Powell drops the word "accommodative," the bond market blows up pic.twitter.com/Dlm3zSevPZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 4, 2018 3.22 is here, so what's next? pic.twitter.com/JJi36y13xf — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 4, 2018 Global Government 10-YR Yields going higher pic.twitter.com/cM0rCa5SEk — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 4, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1047719821289373697

Global stocks are dropping as US treasury yields are at the highest level since 2011

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by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are dropping this morning as US treasury yields continue to rally after the yield on the US 10-year hit the highest level since 2011 in yesterday’s trading US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during a presentation yesterday, suggested current US interest levels are nowhere near “neutral” — this side comment is … Read more

HMNY raises $65 million in new funding, says it has its spending under control, share price climbs up 175%.

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Ted Farnsworth, the CEO of Helios and Matheson Analytics, which owns MoviePass, said on Tuesday that the company had raised $65 million in new funding. He also said MoviePass had controlled its spending since changing to a three-movies-per-month plan. MoviePass isn’t going anywhere — at least, that’s according to Ted Farnsworth, the CEO of Helios … Read more

After 24-years at top of FORBES list, Gates now trails Bezos by $63 BILLION!… AMAZON workers make LESS after wage bump?

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Forbes 400 2018: A New Number One And A Record-Breaking Year For America’s Richest People Buoyed in part by a strong stock market, the 400 wealthiest Americans delivered yet another record-breaking year. The minimum net worth needed to join this elite club climbed to $2.1 billion, $100 million more than last year and the highest … Read more

SEARS, KMART closing more stores

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Sears Holdings is closing at least three additional stores as the retailer faces serious questions about its future heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. The company is closing one Sears store in New York, a Kmart in New York and a Kmart in Virginia, according to layoff notices filed to government authorities. Business Insider reported that … Read more

TRUMP WARNS NYT! SHOWTIME to air documentary on story

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Trump Lawyer Warns New York Times of Tax Story ‘Defamation,’ ‘Substantial Liability’ The lawyer who won a multi-million dollar libel settlement for Melania Trump is now warning The New York Times about a story suggesting her husband, President Donald Trump, may have committed tax fraud. On Tuesday, the Times published a story, “Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as … Read more

We Just Witnessed The Biggest U.S. Bond Crash In Nearly 2 Years – What Does This Mean For The Stock Market?

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by Michael Snyder U.S. bonds have not fallen like this since Donald Trump’s stunning election victory in November 2016.  Could this be a sign that big trouble is on the horizon for the stock market?  It seems like bonds have been in a bull market forever, but now suddenly bond yields are spiking to alarmingly … Read more

“High End” Apartment Construction Totally Dominates, Creates Mismatch of Supply & Demand

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Because that’s where the money is, on paper. But it’s not where the market is. There are plenty of brand-new apartments to choose from, thanks to a multifamily construction boom in major cities. These apartments are in good locations. They’re nice and have everything you’d want. But for many people, rents … Read more

Men In Stilettos – What Do You Think Of The Hot New Fashion Trend That Is Sweeping The Western World?

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by Michael Snyder Should men wear stilettos?  At one time that would have been unthinkable, but in recent years the trend toward “gender-fluidity” has broken down many of the old barriers that once ruled the fashion world.  So now many men are wearing whatever they feel like wearing, and they are doing so very publicly.  … Read more

The Tolerant Left Caught on Video: Soy-Boy Kicks Pro-Life Woman Activist in the Face For No Reason

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by Chris Black   If you are sick and tired of the Kavanaugh nomination for SCOTUS extravaganza, here’s an interesting piece of news that went under the mainstream media’s radar. A weirdly dressed and even weirder-acting soy-boy hit a pro life woman activist in the face for absolutely no reason. This is the tolerant left … Read more

The Bells Are Ringing That This Is A Top

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by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital More and more “bells are ringing” for this market rally. The microcap index, called the Russell 2000, typically leads the overall market in risk on/ risk off moves. With that in mind, what does the below chart suggest? Historically, another market leader are financials stocks. With that in mind, what … Read more

Can A Home Garden Produce Enough Food To Live On?

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Tess Pennington Ready Gardens Have you ever wondered why you should start your own garden when food is readily available at grocery stores?  What about those who would love to be self-sufficient to the point of living off the food they can grow on their own land? The simple answer is yes, this is possible, but it … Read more

The World Is Quietly Decoupling From the U.S. – And No One Is Paying Attention

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From Brandon Smith Blind faith in the U.S. dollar is perhaps one of the most crippling disabilities economists have in gauging our economic future. Historically speaking, fiat currencies are essentially animals with very short lives, and world reserve currencies are even more prone to an early death. But, for some reason, the notion that the dollar … Read more